Amazon’s new Kindle looks really interesting to me. I like to read in bed before going to sleep, but it drives me crazy if I’m on my side – I end up turning over (and back) with almost every page (I know that makes me somewhat crazy, but I’m comfortable with that). I also don’t always want to read online content on my laptop, since that means I typically have to sit upright. So Kindle seems right up my alley.

However, after reading the product page and watching a couple of the videos, I have more questions than answers. And a couple complaints.

• I can read newspapers and magazines, that’s sweet. The list seems a bit limited so far, when will more be added?
• I can read “more than 250 top blogs …..” That’s a fine start, but I want full web access.
• I can load my personal documents … but I have to pay amazon to convert it and load it wirelessly? That kinda sucks. I want some way to load it myself.
• It automatically saves my place in the book. That’s good. How does it handle multiple readers? I’m guessing through the use of its bookmarks, which is fine.
• No wifi? Fine, I can understand not wanting to be tied to wifi hotspots, but wifi would be sweet.
• I echo Jason Kottke’s views regarding charging for subscribing to weblog content. That sucks.
• And I want to get my hands on it before I drop $400.

Amazon seems to be big on the fact that there’s no requirement to have a computer. I think that’s smart, but let me use my computer if I know how.

Like I said, I think it could probably be just the thing for me, but it’s still limited enough to perhaps end up being more of a pain than it’s worth … pretty close, but not quite what I’m looking for. I think I’ll wait until someone hacks it to open it up for full web access.

It should be noted that Ben is much less excited than I am – since he says the iPhone can already do most of this and that an ebook reader will likely come out with the developer kit (or, rather, because of it). Ben also takes issue with the “uninspired design.”

Update: There is a web browser and you can move some files to it via USB. More info here (via kottke)